Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 10 , Pages 1740-1748 , October 2009

Evaluation of a Graphic Interface to Control A Robotic Grasping Arm: A Multicenter Study

  • Isabelle Laffont, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Unité de Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation, Hôpital Gui de Chauliac, Montpellier, France
    • Universitaire de Montpellier 1, EA 2991, Montpellier, France
    • Association Approche, Lorient, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Isabelle Laffont, MD, PhD, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, CHU Gui de Chauliac, service du Pr Herisson, 80 avenue Augustin Fliche, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
    • ,
  • Nicolas Biard, OT

      Affiliations

    • Centre d'Innovations Technologiques, Assistance publique–Hopitaux de Paris, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Garches, France
    • Association Approche, Lorient, France
    • ,
  • Gérard Chalubert

      Affiliations

    • Commissariat á l'Energie Atomique-Laboratoire d'Intégration des Systèmes et des Technologies, Fontenay aux Roses, France
    • ,
  • Laurent Delahoche, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire des Technologies Innovantes-Institut Universitaire de Technologie, Amiens, France
    • ,
  • Bruno Marhic, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire des Technologies Innovantes-Institut Universitaire de Technologie, Amiens, France
    • ,
  • François C. Boyer, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Service de Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation, Hôpital Sébastopol, Reims, France
    • Association Approche, Lorient, France
    • ,
  • Christophe Leroux, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Commissariat á l'Energie Atomique-Laboratoire d'Intégration des Systèmes et des Technologies, Fontenay aux Roses, France

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 Supported by the Fondation Caisses d'Epargnes pour la Solidarité.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(09)00408-0

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.05.009

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 10 , Pages 1740-1748 , October 2009

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